Township No. 58, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)
Township No. 58 was a census subdivision in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1881 Census of Canada with a population of 1,343. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q3259938. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.073°N, 62.840°W.
Population
In 1881, Township No. 58 had a population of 1,343: 673 male and 670 female residents.
Population trajectory across census years
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1871 | 1,258 |
| 1881 | 1,343 |
| 1891 | 1,246 |
Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).
Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1881
In the 1881 census, Township No. 58 shared boundaries with:
Full census record, 1881
The 1881 census recorded 42 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.
Population & families (1881). This community's record includes 1,343 total population, 673 males, 670 females, 318 married persons, 208 families, 159 married females, 159 married males, 63 widowed persons, 42 widowed females, 21 widowed males. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Age structure (1881). This community's record includes 962 single persons under 18, 493 single males under 18, 469 single females under 18. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Buildings & housing (1881). This community's record includes 206 inhabited houses, 206 occupied houses, 11 uninhabited houses, 8 houses under construction. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V1T1.)
Agriculture (1881). This community's record includes 63,405 bushels of potatoes, 45,796 bushels of oats, 6,050 bushels of spring wheat, 5,726 bushels of turnips, 1,381 acres of hay crops, 1,201 tons of hay, 463 acres of wheat, 415 acres of potatoes, 253 bushels of barley, 237 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 203 bushels of buckwheat, 50 bushels of other root crops, 29 bushels of peas and beans, 4 bushels of corn. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T24.)
Fisheries (1881). This community's record includes 571 fathoms of fishing nets, 42 men on fishing boats, 26 quintals of cod, 24 fishing boats, 8 barrels of herring or alewives, 8 gallons of fish oil, 5 barrels of mackerel, 5 quintals of haddock, hake, or pollock, 3 barrels of trout, 2 barrels of other fish. (Source: 1881 Census of Canada, V3T27.) The 1881 enumerator also recorded 89,088 pounds of lobster canned — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.
Residents in 1881
The 1881 census residents page for this Census Subdivision lists 1,343 individuals enumerated here, with name, age, sex, religion, ethnic origin, birthplace, and occupation. Source: TCP/Dillon 1881 Canadian Census deposit at Borealis.
Identifiers
- TCP UID:
PE002020— year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file - Persistent place ID:
PLACE_PE136020— computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years - Wikidata: Q3259938
- Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_58,_Prince_Edward_Island
- Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_58_(%C3%8Ele-du-Prince-%C3%89douard)
Sources
Census tabulations from the 1881 Census of Canada, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project, hosted at the HGIS Lab, University of Saskatchewan. Persistent place identity computed from spatial-overlap chains across all available census years (1851–1921). Identity grounding to Wikidata performed via the HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph project's MCP-assisted disambiguation pipeline. See the About / Methodology page for the full data pipeline.
Cite this page
Clifford, J. (2026). "Township No. 58, Prince Edward Island (1881 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/township-no-58-pe002020-1881/.